Author & Punisher: The Sound Sculptor
Author and Punisher Live in Brooklyn
Tristan Shone, the creative core of Author & Punisher, started the project in 2004, setting out to craft devices (machines) as a force multiplier. That he could control machines to trigger a myriad of sound objects (synths et al.) was not just heuristic but revolutionary. Shone’s mechanical engineering and art background functioned perfectly as a catalyst to his songwriter form. To date, Author & Punisher has nine lauded full-lengths, the latest of which is Krüller (2021): The Painted Army (2005), Warcry (2007), Drone Machines(2010), Ursus Americanus (2012), Women & Children (2013), Melk En Honing (2015), Pressure Mine EP(2017) and Beastland (2018). Author & Punisher is a project unlike others. Wielding upgraded machines, a new sensory stratagem, and a crafty curation of top-tier collaborators, with the new album proprietor Tristan Shone emerged from the time off refined and re-tooled.
Machines
Post show portraits
WORDS: MARIKA ZORZI
PHOTOS: A.F.CORTES